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Anyone interested in Classical Music?
Anyone interested in Classical Music?
I am new to Singapore and wanna find friends to enjoy concerts together.
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Are you kidding, a lot don't even bother to dress up in evening gowns & tuxedos. They also like to keep up a running commentary with their partners during the entire program, similar to the way they behave in the local movie theaters.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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I somehow doubt that the running commentary would go that way...but a running commentary would run nonetheless.poodlek wrote:What's happening now?
The trumpet soloist is going to perform a cadenza.
I thought this was supposed to be a flute concerto?
No, that was the previous piece, remember?
Shhh! I can't tell what scale he's playing!
What? It's over now anyway, on to the shostakovich.
Isn't that pronounced shosTAkovich?
Anecdote: a good friend of mine has his master's in piano performance from Juilliard. He performs in a local variety-type show (I'm sure you know the one I mean). A while back he made several attempts to get some type of cross promotion thing going with the local symphony and didn't even get a response. He then contacted individual members to see if they'd be interested in doing some chamber music together in a strictly artistic/amateur setting and got blown off with basically "what do you take me for?? I'm a serious artist!" type response from more than one member. So frack 'em anyway. Music snobs.
*ahem* not everyone has evening gowns & tuxedos but I'd agree to dressing appropriately to the occassion.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Are you kidding, a lot don't even bother to dress up in evening gowns & tuxedos. They also like to keep up a running commentary with their partners during the entire program, similar to the way they behave in the local movie theaters.
Otherwise, it'd probably be a good idea to have a formal wear rental shop just at the front of house

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Actually that is a splendid idea! (and welcome back! Five & half years is a long time!)
At least in Washington DC, a lot of the finer restaurants keep dinner jackets of various sizes and a selection of "suitable", if not fashionable, dresses for those guests who are caught short (like tourists). Helps keep up the reputations to a better lever without chasing away customers or upsetting other customers. Not sure if any of the high end restaurants like in the Raffles Hotel or Shangri La do or not as I'm not a high end diner by nature.
At least in Washington DC, a lot of the finer restaurants keep dinner jackets of various sizes and a selection of "suitable", if not fashionable, dresses for those guests who are caught short (like tourists). Helps keep up the reputations to a better lever without chasing away customers or upsetting other customers. Not sure if any of the high end restaurants like in the Raffles Hotel or Shangri La do or not as I'm not a high end diner by nature.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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